Ark Simulator, Don't I Have No Physical Body?

Jessica then realized she was wearing Su Rui's shirt, the collar wide open, revealing the marks on her collarbone. She immediately covered her collar, her ears burning red. "Franka! You—"

Franka spread her hands innocently. "We just came to invite you out to play, who knew you guys..."

Liskarm interrupted at the opportune moment, "It's a day off today, how about going to the amusement park?"

Su Rui walked behind Jessica, casually brushed her hair behind her shoulder, and said lightly, "She hasn't had breakfast yet."

Franka chuckled, "Alright, alright, let's feed your young lady first."

Jessica stomped on Su Rui's foot in embarrassment and annoyance. "Who asked you to be so nosy!"

Su Rui remained expressionless, simply reaching out to pull her into his arms and whispering something in her ear. Jessica instantly fell silent, her ears turning even redder.

Franka exaggeratedly covered her eyes. "Oh dear, I didn't see anything!"

Liskarm sighed, turned and walked out. "... I'll wait in the car."

Half an hour later, the four of them finally set off. Jessica had changed into a high-necked dress, covering up all traces of last night, but she couldn't help but glare at Su Rui as she walked. Su Rui's lips curled up slightly, and he reached out to take her hand, their fingers intertwined.

Franka saw this in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but tease, "Ah, youth is truly wonderful."

Liskarm, focused on driving, didn't even turn his head. "... Shut up, Franka."

Jessica buried her face in Su Rui's shoulder and muttered softly, "... I have to win next time."

Su Rui chuckled softly, her fingers gently caressing her palm. "I'm always ready."

Sunlight streamed in through the car window, and Jessica squinted, watching the scenery rushing past outside, a smile unconsciously playing on her lips.

What's the arrangement of chapter 794 in Volume 14?

Jessica brushed her long blue hair aside, tilted her head to look at Franka in the passenger seat. "So, what's the plan for today?"

Franka turned her head, her amber eyes gleaming with mischief. "What, afraid I'll disturb your time together?"

Jessica gave a soft snort, her fingers unconsciously twirling the end of her hair. "Come on, I just don't want you to drag me to some weird place on a whim."

Liskarm, who was driving, casually interjected, "Let's go to the amusement park first; there's a fireworks display tonight."

Su Rui, sitting next to Jessica, raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. "A fireworks display?"

Franka grinned and shook the terminal. "That's right! And it's a special beach event. They say they're using new Originium Arts this year, so they can set off fireworks that change patterns." She deliberately lowered her voice, "It's especially suitable for—couples."

Jessica's ears burned slightly, and she pretended to look out the window. "... Who asked you that?"

Franka persisted, "Oh dear, some people were so intense last night, they need to save their energy for today!"

"Franka!" Jessica whirled around, her blue hair tracing an arc in the air. "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll throw you out of the car!"

Su Rui reached out and pressed her shoulder, whispering, "Calm down."

Franka laughed so hard she almost fell over, while Liskarm sighed helplessly, "... Shut up, all of you."

The amusement park was bustling with activity; colorful balloons and cheerful music filled the space with energy. Jessica stood in front of the ice cream stand, looking at the menu with a conflicted expression. "Vanilla or strawberry...?"

Su Rui said directly to the shop assistant, "I want them all."

Franka leaned closer and sighed deliberately, "Sigh, it's really different when someone spoils you."

Jessica took the two-tone ice cream, took a smug lick, and said, "Envious?"

Franka pouted. "Watch out, or I'll kidnap your family."

"?!!!"

Seeing Jessica's shocked expression, Su Rui couldn't help but ruffle her blue hair. "Let's go ride the roller coaster."

The roller coaster tracks wound and twisted, screams echoing throughout. Jessica gripped Su Rui's hand tightly, her eyes wide with excitement. "So high!"

Su Rui turned to look at her. "Are you scared?"

Jessica raised her chin. "No way!"

However, as the roller coaster plunged down, she couldn't help but scream, her long blue hair dancing wildly in the wind. Su Rui chuckled and reached out to tuck her flying hair behind her ear.

Afterwards, Franka, still wanting more, suggested, "Let's go to the haunted house again!"

Liskarm frowned. "... Are you sure?"

Jessica was about to refuse when Franka added with a mischievous grin, "Is anyone scared?"

"Who's afraid!" Jessica retorted immediately, "Fine, I'll go!"

The haunted house was gloomy and dark, with eerie sound effects and props popping out unexpectedly, keeping Jessica clinging to Su Rui the whole time. Halfway through, a staff member dressed as a ghost suddenly pounced from the side, and Jessica jumped into Su Rui's arms in fright.

Su Rui caught her steadily, her voice tinged with laughter. "Weren't you afraid?"

Jessica buried her face in his shoulder and said in a muffled voice, "... This is tactical avoidance."

Franka was doubled over with laughter, while Liskarm silently pushed aside the frightened staff member and said helplessly, "... Stop playing around."

In the evening, the four of them arrived at the beach. The setting sun dyed the sea golden, and a gentle breeze carried the faint scent of sea salt. Jessica walked barefoot on the sand, her blue hair fluttering gently in the wind.

"Are you tired?" Su Rui asked.

Jessica shook her head, then suddenly pointed into the distance. "Look, it's starting!"

The first firework burst into bloom in the night sky, its dazzling light illuminating everyone's faces. Then, countless fireworks rose one after another, some transforming into birds, others into flowers, a breathtaking spectacle.

Franka leaned on Liskarm's shoulder and whispered, "So beautiful."

Liskarm grunted in response, unusually refraining from pushing her away.

Jessica looked up at the fireworks when she suddenly felt Su Rui's fingers gently hook around hers. She turned to look at him and found him gazing at her, his dark eyes reflecting a dazzling light.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Su Rui shook her head, but simply tightened her grip on her hand. "It's nothing."

Jessica laughed, tiptoed, and whispered in his ear, "Next time we're on vacation, let's come alone."

Su Rui smiled slightly, "Okay."

Fireworks burst across the night sky, illuminating the four figures standing side by side. The waves gently lapped against the shore, as if signaling the end of the holiday.

Lively, heartwarming, and memorable.

As the last cluster of golden fireworks exploded in the sky above the sea, Jessica huddled in Su Rui's arms. His coat, wrapped around her, carried her body heat and a faint smell of gunpowder, making her curl up her toes, refusing to touch the cold sand.

"Our Rhodes Island's ace sniper—" Franka's voice drifted over, mingling with the sound of waves, "Is now like a frightened kitten."

The blue-haired head buried against Su Rui's chest stirred, and Jessica's muffled voice came through the fabric. "... It's tactical warmth."

Liskarm, who was adjusting the fireworks camera settings three meters away, looked up at Su Rui's tense jawline upon hearing this. "She's not usually like this on the battlefield."

"Hmm." Su Rui unbuckled his tactical belt with one hand, the metal buckle clicking crisply, and then took off his entire windproof jacket and draped it over Jessica. "This isn't the battlefield."

Suddenly wrapped up like a silkworm, Jessica finally looked up, her hair still damp with the fine sweat from her fright in the haunted house. "Franka, if you say another word, I'll remind you of what happened on the bridge last time..."

"Whoa!" Franka suddenly lunged forward and covered her mouth, the artificial iris shimmering eerily in the fireworks light. "I suddenly remembered they sell grilled squid over there!"

As Su Rui watched the two girls wrestling on the beach, he casually caught the can of coffee Liskarm tossed to him. The aluminum can popped with a soft crackling sound as it was opened. He tilted his head back and took a sip, his Adam's apple bobbing as he caught a blue spark falling from the sky.

"Hello."

Suddenly, her hem was tugged. Jessica had somehow broken free from Franka and was now hooking her sandy fingers around his belt. Her upturned face still bore the blush of her previous blush, and a small earring peeked out from her blue hair, ruffled by the sea breeze—it was a replacement earring Su Rui had made from a bullet casing after last week's mission.

"Carry me back," she said, blinking. "My shoes are full of sand."

Franka let out an exaggerated gagging sound from behind, while Liskarm silently turned away and gulped down coffee facing the sea. As Su Rui crouched down, Jessica's icy fingers climbed up the back of his neck, deftly slipping into his collar like some nocturnal animal to warm themselves.

"Hold on tight." As he lifted her legs to sit up, he heard a whisper from her hair, "... Next time I'm going to the haunted house, I'm bringing a grenade launcher."

"... Absolutely not."

Volume 14, page 795: Someone is here.

The cold wind howled past the window, and a thin layer of frost formed on the villa's glass windows. The flames in the fireplace flickered gently, illuminating the entire living room in a warm and languid atmosphere.

Jessica stood in the bedroom doorway, hands on her hips, looking at the blanket wrapped up in a ball on the bed—or rather, Su Rui wrapped up in the blanket.

"Su Rui!" she raised her voice, "Get up!"

The blanket shifted, and a muffled response came from inside. "... Five more minutes."

Jessica raised an eyebrow, walked over, and yanked back the covers. "This is your third 'five minutes' today!"

A blast of cold air rushed in. Su Rui frowned, without even opening her eyes, and reached out to pull Jessica into her arms, wrapping them both in the blanket again.

"Hey!" Jessica struggled a little, but Su Rui's arm was as still as an iron clamp. His body heat emanated through her pajamas, making her feel warm and cozy, and for a moment she didn't want to move either.

"... It's too cold." Su Rui's voice was hoarse from just waking up, and she nuzzled her head against her mother's. "Don't move."

Jessica sighed helplessly, "You weren't like this before."

"Before you were here," Su Rui said with her eyes closed, her tone matter-of-fact.

Jessica's ears burned, and she reached out to poke his cheek. "A dignified Blacksteel elite, now addicted to sleeping in? Is that something to talk about?"

Su Rui finally opened her eyes, a lazy smile playing on her dark pupils, "It won't get out."

"Why?"

"Because those who know—" he lowered his head and lightly pecked her lips, "Have no chance to tell anyone."

Jessica couldn't help but laugh out loud, and nudged his shoulder. "Come on! Get up, we still have to submit a report to headquarters today."

Su Rui sighed, finally letting go of her, and slowly sat up. Her black nightgown hung loosely on her shoulders, revealing faint bite marks on her collarbone—the handiwork of a certain "wildcat" last night.

Jessica turned her face away, pretending not to see, and went to the closet to get him some clothes. "Hurry up, breakfast will get cold."

Su Rui watched her busy figure, a slight smile playing on her lips.

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On the table, the aroma of steaming fried eggs and bacon filled the air, along with the rich, bitter scent of coffee. Jessica, biting into her toast and watching the snowflakes fall outside the window, suddenly said, "Actually... it's nice sometimes."

Su Rui looked up at her. "What?"

"It's just..." Jessica swung her leg, her toes lightly touching his calf, "In winter, you can stay home and not do anything."

Su Rui took a sip of coffee and said casually, "You said you were bored yesterday."

"That's because you've been sleeping!" Jessica glared at him. "I mean, two people together...doing something."

Su Rui put down her cup and looked at her meaningfully. "For example?"

Jessica blushed, grabbed a napkin and threw it at him. "... Like playing video games! Watching movies! Don't get the wrong idea!"

Su Rui caught the crumpled paper and chuckled softly, "Oh."

The snow outside the window fell heavier and heavier, turning the whole world into a pure white. The fire in the fireplace crackled, casting a warm glow over the two people sitting at the dining table.

Jessica, chin in hand, watched Su Rui slowly and methodically slice her bacon, and suddenly felt—

This winter doesn't seem so hard to get through.

Franka's communication request pierced the darkness of the early morning when Jessica was curled up in Su Rui's arms. Su Rui open her eyes the instant the notification sound rang, her left hand already on the gun beside her pillow.

"Emergency assembly." The holographic projection of Franka lacked her usual playful smile; the hilt of her Thermite Sword reflected a cold light from her shoulder. "The Seventh Mobile City-State of Columbia, main engine failure. Core temperature -40 degrees Celsius, lubricant in firearms frozen solid."

Jessica groggily propped herself up, a few tufts of blue hair sticking up. "Now?" She unconsciously gripped the front of Su Rui's pajamas, her fingertips touching the bite mark below his collarbone that hadn't yet faded.

The projector suddenly leaned in. "Oh dear, this mark wouldn't happen to be—"

Su Rui turned off the terminal.

The Blacksteel Landship tossed and turned like a boat in the blizzard. Jessica could see the giant tracks of the mobile city-state through the porthole; those steel skeletons that should have been in motion were now covered with icicles, like frozen centipede legs.

"The gun's safety is frozen." Liskarm was adjusting the antifreeze oil at the connection between his gun and composite shield, the shield surface covered in frost. "This temperature would even slow down Originium Arts."

Franka inserted a Originium into the energy slot of the Thermite Sword, and dark red patterns immediately appeared on the blade. "That's why we 'hand warmers' are needed~" She turned to look at Su Rui, who had her face buried in her scarf, "A certain sniper's expression is colder than the ice of the permafrost."

Ice crystals clung to Su Rui's goggles. He held a specially made antifreeze sniper rifle in his arms, the barrel wrapped with a temperature-regulating band. He merely raised his chin slightly upon hearing this. "Mission."

"How boring~" Franka popped up her data panel, "The heating core of the Mobile City has been tampered with; all sixteen auxiliary engines have stopped. We're in charge of B7 Sector —and while we're at it, we'll roast those troublesome rats."

Jessica suddenly sneezed three times in a row. Su Rui pulled off his tactical scarf and wrapped it around her, the movement as rough as if he were maintaining a damp weapon.

"I can use Originium Arts to get..." Jessica's soft explanation was torn apart by the howling wind, but her nose honestly snuggled into the wool that still held the warmth of Su Rui's body.

The landing module made a teeth-grinding sound as it smashed through the ice. As soon as the hatch opened, extreme cold, mixed with ice shards, rushed in, and Jessica's pistol trigger instantly frosted over.

"Stay close." Su Rui's breathing carried a faint static sound through the communicator. He walked in front, his tall figure cutting through the wind and snow for her, but Jessica could still see the ice beads that had condensed on the shoulder strap of his sniper rifle.